Written Question·Home Office·UIN 103701

Police: Early Retirement

Tabled: 7 January 2026

Answered: 15 January 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers retired due to ill health in each of the last ten years.

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officers leaving the police service and their reasons for leaving, including medical retirements, as at 31 March each year, in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistic...

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